Roofing tile



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i@ M o BYRON L. BACO'T, OF IVICCOMB, MISSISSIPVPI.

ROOFING TILE.

Application led November 16, 1922. Serial No. 601,346.

To all 'whom t may concern: Be it known that I, BYRON L. BACOT, a

i citizen of the United States, residing at Mc- Comb, in the county ofPike and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Roofing Tile, of which `the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to tiles employed for covering roofs, and itsobject is to provide a roofing tile embodying certain novel and improvedfeatures of construction and assembly to be hereinafter described andclaimed, whereby a durable, and storm and rain-proof roof is had.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is hadto the acco1npanying drawing, wherein 1Figure l is a plan view of theimproved ti e' Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a fragment of a roofshowing the manner of laying and securing the tiles, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of several tiles showing the mannerof their assembly.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the tile which 1s the subjectmatter of the presentapplication for patent is denoted by the referencecharacter 5, and it is rectangular vin outline, and corrugated or utedto form alternating ridges 'and depressions running from the `top to thebottom.

0n the under side of the tile 5, a short distance from the edge which isat the bottom or lower end when the tile is laid, are two laterallyspaced and depending lugs 6 which` are adapted to seat against the upperedge of a roofing strip 7, as shown in lFlg. 2, whereby the tile yisheld against downward displacement on the roof. Lateral displacement ofthe tile is prevented by nails or similar fasteners 8 driven into thestrip 7 in such a way as to seat alongside the lugs 6. This method offastening the tiles is fully disclosed in my Patent No. 1,391,603, andhence a further description thereof is not. necessary.

At the lower edge of the tile 5 is a de pending rib 9 which extendstransversely and terminates short of the longitudinal or side edges ofthe tile. When the tiles are laid, the bottom rib 9 of each tile bearson the top surface of the next tile lower down on'V the roof, as shownyin Fig. 2. The tiles overlap at their longitudinal edges as usual,

and the amount of overlap at each end cor-Y responds to the distance therib 9 is spaced from said ends. The rib 9 therefore seals the spacebetween the bottom or lower portion of the tile and the next tile lowerdown on the roof which it overlaps, thereby preventing the entry ofrai-n and moisture at this point. If the rib should be too short to fillout the space required, all that is necessary to complete the joint isto put a little mortar on the overlapped tile and drag it up against therib ends.

Adjacent to one of its longitudinal or side edges, the tile 5 has, onits under side, a pair of parallel and laterally spaced beads l0 and l1running the entire length of the tile, and adjacent to its other sideedge, the top of the tile has a groove 12 which is parallel to the beadl() and slightly greater in width. These beads and the groove arelocated beyond the ends of the rib 9, the bead l0 being positionedinwardly of the bead l1. When the tiles are laid to overlap at theirside edges as hereinbefore stated, the bead 10 of the overlapping tileseats in the groove 1-2 of the overlapped tile, and the bead 11 of thefirst-mentioned tile bears on the secondmentioned tile, as clearly shownin Fig. 3. Also, the two tiles alongside the tile shown at the center ofFig. 3, abut at their side edges against the ends of the rib 9. The bead1l being outside the bead 10 prevents rain and wind from beating underthe tile, or if any such should pass, the force thereof will be broken,and any rain passing the bead will be drained off the roof b`v the wayof the groove l2, as said groove is not completely filled by the bead 10of the tile above, it bein somewhat wider than this bead.

Roo ng tiles constructed i-n accordance with the present invention canbe easily and cheaply manufactured, they can be readily laid, and bytheir use a rain and 'storrmproof roof is made possible.

I claim: l

A roofing tile comprising a rectangular body having longitudinalcorrugations and being provided upon its upper surface with alongitudinal groove adjacent and parallel to one side edge of the body,the under side of the body adjacent the other longitudinal edge of thebody being formed with a lon tudinal bead adapted to be received in tegroove of an adjacent tile, the under side of the body being providedwith a second bead adjacent and parallel to the first named bead andadapted to atly Contact with the upper surface of an adjacent tile, oneend of the body being formed with a transverse rib adapted to atlycontact with the upper surface of an adjacent tile, the ends of saidtransverse rib terminating inwardly of the side edges of the body 'andadapted to be engaged by the longitudinal si de edges r of adjacenttiles, said groove in lthe upper surface of the body being greater incross l" sectional area than the cross sectional area of the bead whichit receives, and lugs dependingfrom the under side of the body andhaving the shape of laterally presentedA hooks to provide seats at theirside edges,

said lugs being spaced at equal distances 1 BYRON L. BAGOT.

